For Anselm, God cannot not exist. Descartes supported Anselm in his book ‘meditations’ and developed Anselm’s argument particularly in terms of necessary being. He based his argument for God’s existence on the idea that God is a ‘supremely perfect being’. Descartes believed that we can conclude that God exists, because existence is a predicate of a perfect being; therefore God must exist to avoid being self contradictory.
It wasn’t his writings alone, however, that sparked the faith in these people. His determined and considerate personality also contributed to the conversion of thousands. Through his journey through religion, C.S. Lewis transformed from a skeptic atheist, to a fruitful Christian and hero. His name stands the test of time, and will be remembered for generations to
His cosmological argument states that every affect has a cause, which itself has a cause. You cannot have an infinite chain of causation so there must be a first cause. This first cause must be God. The second role that was established by Aquinas for God is Causa Sine - the first cause. God being transcendent does not need a cause but he is the first cause for everything within the universe.
(264) Voltaire's mood stemmed from his historical time. With all the wars in the name of religion, he sought a new religion based on reason. Einstein's mood
As the most perfect being, God must exist. According to this statement Descartes, is stating that God must exist because he is the most perfect being, meaning he has numerous attributes such as being eternal, and never having the need or requirement to alter or change in anyway because he is already in a state of perfection and has attained from existence therefore does not need the transformation of change to become somewhat “better” or have the desire of improvement as being God already has those attributes in essence to who he is. Furthermore this goes to say that God must attain exist existence as the idea/concept or understanding of existence is perfection, and God is all purely a perfect being and has all the attributes that define perfection, hence he must hold the attribute of existence. Another idea according to Descartes is that out of knowledge of God is innate. His four premises lead to the one conclusion that “God therefore exists eternally.
Christianity Worldviews Origin-Genesis 1:1 shows God creating the heavens and the earth in the beginning. Christianity affirms that “God is the infinite, personal (triune), transcendent and immanent, omniscient, sovereign and good being who created the universe.” (James Sire, The Universe Next Door, p.23, 26). To say that God is infinite is to say that He is a necessary Being and there was never a time when God did not exist. God is transcendent in that He is not part of the creation, but separate from it. However, He is also immanent, in that He cares for His creation, enough to reveal Himself to mankind.
(Heb. 6:1 faith is the substance of things hope for and the evidence of things not seen. I would answer the Axiological question by saying, “God is the creator of the for universe.” Not only does he creates everything, he is everything. So that means because God is of value, we are of value too.We have to always keep God center. (Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other Gods me.)
Philosophy: the love of wisdom The study of first causes, the ultimate nature of things. Because philosophical principles are ultimate/primary, there is nothing that precedes them. Knowledge is associated with science (to know) – person has science not by knowing a fact, but the reasoning for the fact, or cause. Wisdom is knowledge through causes – knowledge of first causes. Wisdom does not require any kind of experience beyond normal experience.
Dao is an expression of the unity of the universe and of the path human beings must take to join that peaceful unity (religion: n.d: para:3). Philosophers determined that all things are interdependent. In Dao philosophy, one can come to understand the meaning of life and their place in the world. Tao Chia is a form of philosophical Daoism. It has little to do with gods, the afterlife and other aspects of religion.
Because this belief is the first step to Adorno’s idea of a fascist society, my argument will focus on positivism. Positivism is the belief in scientific objectivity. Our society seems to have adopted this philosophy and completely disregarded spiritual beliefs and art as expressions of Truth. Contradictory to what Adorno believes, I think that The Rite of Spring is important because it emphasizes spiritual roots. The dancers are celebrating the Earth and are willing to sacrifice everything for their beliefs.